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1.1 Features and Flexibilities

1. i. Age Limit: There is no upper age limit for admission. However, the minimum age for enrolment for Secondary Course (SSC) is 14 years completed as of 31st August of the year of admission.
2. ii. For Intermediate it is 15 years completed as of 31st August of the year of admission.
3. iii. Choice in Medium of Instruction: SSC and Intermediate course is offered in Telugu, English, Urdu and Hindi media.
4. iv. Choice of Subjects: You can choose any subject combination from the Group lists of subjects offered as per the criteria given in the Scheme of Studies

1.2. English subject in Group-A is mandatory for the Intermediate course.

1.3. If you wish to use the SSC certificate for higher studies: it is in your own interest that you keep in mind the requirements of the Board you wish to join after passing the Secondary Course.

For example, the Board of Intermediate Education requires a specific subject combination for admission to the Junior Colleges affiliated with it i.e., one Indian Language, English, Mathematics, General Science, and Social Studies. In such a case, you are required to choose the subjects of study accordingly

For joining in Intermediate (Science subject combination) of Telangana Open School one should have studied the above subjects at the SSC level.

1.4 Combination of Academic and Vocational Courses: In order to make the course more meaningful, a number of Vocational subjects are also offered in combination with academic subjects at SSC/ Intermediate level (Refer Table 1).

1.5 Continuous Assessment: During your course of study, you can know your progress through Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs: Total 3 per subject). Submission of all TMAs in each subject is compulsory, otherwise, you may not be permitted for the Public Examination, and/or your result may be declared as “INCOMPLETE”.

1.6 Flexible Scheme of Examination: Public Examinations are held twice in a year. Nine examination chances are offered for a learner in five years. Learners have to appear for the first examination only after completion of the first academic year of their admission. Thereafter, you are permitted to appear in every half-year public examination (Supplementary Examination) during the remaining four-year registration period. Normally, public examinations in a year will be held in April / May and October / November tentatively. Learners admitted to Intermediate courses must ensure that for the purpose of obtaining a certificate in Intermediate course, a two-year gap is essential from the year of passing the SSC examination. If a candidate seeking admission again within five years of his/ her admission is deemed to be cancelled for both SSC / Intermediate.

1.7 Credit Accumulation: You can choose to appear in any one or more subjects in any examination and earn credits which will be accumulated till all five subjects required for certification are successfully completed within the period of 5 years of registration.

1.8 Transfer of Credit: You can avail of the facility of Transfer of Credit (TOC) to a maximum of two subjects passed from other Boards of Secondary Education/ Board of Intermediate Education, recognized by COBSE, provided those subjects are also available in Open Schools scheme of studies. TOC is permitted as per the conditions given in section 2.4.

1.9 Validity of Admission: Your admission is valid for five years from the date of Registration. For Public Examination at SSC / Intermediate level, you may take nine or less than nine chances to successfully complete the course during this period.

1.10 SSC/Intermediate Certificate Holders of other Boards should not enroll once again for SSC/Intermediate of Telangana Open School: Persons who have already passed SSC/Intermediate from any other Board of Secondary Education/Intermediate Education of Telangana or from other states should not enroll for SSC/Intermediate Course of Telangana Open School for any reason. On the contrary, if anyone enrolls and passes SSC/Intermediate from Open School suppressing the information that they have already passed SSC/Intermediate from another Board, their SSC/Intermediate pass certificates will be cancelled.

1.11 SSC Scheme of Studies The Scheme of Studies for the Secondary Course is shown in Table-1 under this section. For obtaining an SSC pass certificate, you are required to pass in a minimum of five subjects including two languages from Group A and three subjects from Group B. You can opt for one Vocational subject, from Group C. To simplify further, the choice of subjects can be done as follows. To simplify further, the choice of subjects can be done as follows.

Table-1 : (A) SSC Scheme of Studies for Academic and Vocational Courses Classification of Subjects
(Telangana state open school society)

Table 1: (B) Intermediate Scheme of Studies for Academic and Vocational Courses Group-wise classification of subjects with Code Nos.
(Telangana state open school society)

Note:
1.) Subjects with Asterisk (*) have theory as well as practical work.
2.) Subjects offered through nios senior secondary and secondary